gdalsrsinfo (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

gdalsrsinfo – gdalsrsinfo lists info about a given SRS in number of formats (WKT, PROJ.4, etc.)

SYNOPSIS

Usage: gdalsrsinfo [options] srs_def
srs_def may be the filename of a dataset supported by GDAL/OGR from which to extract SRS information
OR any of the usual GDAL/OGR forms (complete WKT, PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file containing the SRS)
Options: 
   [--help-general] [-h]  Show help and exit
   [-p]                   Pretty-print where applicable (e.g. WKT)
   [-V]                   Validate SRS
   [-o out_type]          Output type { default, all, wkt_all, proj4,
                                        wkt, wkt_simple, wkt_noct, wkt_esri,
                                        mapinfo, xml }.fi

DESCRIPTION

The gdalsrsinfo utility reports information about a given SRS from one of the following:

•

The filename of a dataset supported by GDAL/OGR which contains SRS information

•

Any of the usual GDAL/OGR forms (complete WKT, PROJ.4, EPSG:n or a file containing the SRS)

Output types:

•

default proj4 and wkt (default option)

•

all all options available

•

wkt_all all wkt options available

•

proj4 PROJ.4 string

•

wkt OGC WKT format (full)

•

wkt_simple OGC WKT (simplified)

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wkt_noct OGC WKT (without OGC CT params)

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wkt_esri ESRI WKT format

•

mapinfo Mapinfo style CoordSys format

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xml XML format (GML based)

EXAMPLE

$ gdalsrsinfo "EPSG:4326" PROJ .4 : '+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs ' OGC WKT : GEOGCS["WGS 84",
                                                                                            DATUM["WGS_1984",
                                                                                                  SPHEROID["WGS 84", 6378137, 298.257223563,
                                                                                                           AUTHORITY["EPSG", "7030"]],
                                                                                                  AUTHORITY["EPSG", "6326"]],
                                                                                            PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0,
                                                                                                   AUTHORITY["EPSG", "8901"]],
                                                                                            UNIT["degree", 0.0174532925199433,
                                                                                                 AUTHORITY["EPSG", "9122"]],
                                                                                            AUTHORITY["EPSG", "4326"]]
                                                                                         .fi

                                                                                             $ gdalsrsinfo -
    o proj4 osr / data / lcc_esri.prj

$ gdalsrsinfo -o proj4 landsat.tif
PROJ.4 : '+proj=utm +zone=19 +south +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs '

$ gdalsrsinfo – o wkt – p “EPSG:32722” PROJCS[“WGS 84 / UTM zone 22S”, GEOGCS[“WGS 84”, DATUM[“WGS_1984”, SPHEROID[“WGS 84”, 6378137, 298.257223563, AUTHORITY[“EPSG”, “7030”]], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”, “6326”]], PRIMEM[“Greenwich”, 0, AUTHORITY[“EPSG”, “8901”]], UNIT[“degree”, 0.0174532925199433, AUTHORITY[“EPSG”, “9122”]], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”, “4326”]], PROJECTION[“Transverse_Mercator”], PARAMETER[“latitude_of_origin”, 0], PARAMETER[“central_meridian”, -51], PARAMETER[“scale_factor”, 0.9996], PARAMETER[“false_easting”, 500000], PARAMETER[“false_northing”, 10000000], UNIT[“metre”, 1, AUTHORITY[“EPSG”, “9001”]], AXIS[“Easting”, EAST], AXIS[“Northing”, NORTH], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”, “32722”]]

$ gdalsrsinfo - o wkt_all "EPSG:4618" OGC WKT : GEOGCS["SAD69",
                                                       DATUM["South_American_Datum_1969",
                                                             SPHEROID["GRS 1967 Modified", 6378160, 298.25,
                                                                      AUTHORITY["EPSG", "7050"]],
                                                             TOWGS84[-57, 1, -41, 0, 0, 0, 0],
                                                             AUTHORITY["EPSG", "6618"]],
                                                       PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0,
                                                              AUTHORITY["EPSG", "8901"]],
                                                       UNIT["degree", 0.0174532925199433,
                                                            AUTHORITY["EPSG", "9122"]],
                                                       AUTHORITY["EPSG", "4618"]] OGC
                                                WKT(simple)
    : GEOGCS["SAD69",
             DATUM["South_American_Datum_1969",
                   SPHEROID["GRS 1967 Modified", 6378160, 298.25],
                   TOWGS84[-57, 1, -41, 0, 0, 0, 0]],
             PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0],
             UNIT["degree", 0.0174532925199433]] OGC WKT(no CT)
    : GEOGCS["SAD69",
             DATUM["South_American_Datum_1969",
                   SPHEROID["GRS 1967 Modified", 6378160, 298.25]],
             PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0],
             UNIT["degree", 0.0174532925199433]] ESRI WKT : GEOGCS["SAD69",
                                                                   DATUM["D_South_American_1969",
                                                                         SPHEROID["GRS_1967_Truncated", 6378160, 298.25]],
                                                                   PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0],
                                                                   UNIT["Degree", 0.017453292519943295]]

AUTHORS

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam [at] pobox.com, Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev-at-gmail-dot-com>

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